https://brandtree.site/company/microsoftAcquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving Microsoft.https://brandtree.site/deal/microsoft-acquires-activision-2023https://brandtree.site/deal/microsoft-acquires-activision-2023Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTMicrosoft acquired Activision Blizzard for $95 per share in cash, about $68.7 billion, the largest acquisition ever made in the video games industry. It closed twenty-one months after announcement following contested reviews in the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union.https://brandtree.site/deal/microsoft-acquires-github-2018https://brandtree.site/deal/microsoft-acquires-github-2018Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMTMicrosoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. The European Commission cleared the deal unconditionally in October 2018, finding no risk that the buyer would degrade the platform for rival developer tools.https://brandtree.site/deal/microsoft-acquires-linkedin-2016https://brandtree.site/deal/microsoft-acquires-linkedin-2016Thu, 08 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMTMicrosoft acquired LinkedIn for $196 per share in cash, valuing it at about $26.2 billion. It was the largest acquisition in Microsoft history until Activision Blizzard.